Improvement in shirt-collars



o. P. DonMAN. Shirt-Collars.

Patented April s, 1873.

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ORLANDO l?. DORMAN, OF -NE`W YORK, N.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHIRT-COLLARS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 137,537, dated April 8,1873; application filed January 1l, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO P. DORMAN, ot' New York, county of New York,State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inShirtOollars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure .l rep resents a plan or face Viewot' a collar; and Fig. 2 represents a section through the collar,showing the patched button-hole.

Collars have hitherto been made of a kind of paper now known in themarket as collar-paper. They have also been made of that kind of paperfaced with muslin, the muslin forming the whole of the outer surface ofthe collar. The latter are known as clothfaced77 collars. Collars madeof ordinary collar-paper have also been strengthened at the button-holesby patches of cloth pasted or glued around the orifice intended for thebutton. These collars are generally known as patch-buttonhole collars.

' The object of this invention is to produce an article which willsupersede the cloth-faced and patch-buttonhole collars above mentioned,which shall be superior in finish, strength7 and durability to either orany paper collar now known, as well as more agreeable to the wearer.This object is attained by facing a collar made of ordinary collar-paperwith a kind of paper of the sort known as parchment-paper, but a varietyof the same particularly adapted to the intended purpose, and inventedby O. P. DORMAN, also by patching the button-holes of a collar composedof collar-paper with the same variety of parchmentpaper.

The manner of working is to unite two sheets or rolls of paper, one ofordinary collar-paper, the other of the parchment-paper referred to. Thelatter is made with the object of securing a paper which shall have, incombination, great toughness, pliability, white color of the shade oflinen, and be, at the same time, thin enough not to make the whole-collar too stift' when united to the backing of collar-paper. This isaccomplished by giving the stuft eXtra time in the engine, and byforming the stock, by preference, of these ingredients: New silk, new

linen, flax, and hemp, in suitable proportions.

The exact proportions of the ingredients it Awould be impossible to givein every instance. Due regard being had to the strength required and theobject for which the paper is used, a skilled workman will vary theproportions to suit the particular object in View; otherwise the paperis made as ordinary parchment-paper, but as thin as possiblecompatible-with the strength required. The sheets 'are united by pasteor glue, or the paper may be made in rolls, and a roll of collar-paperand of the parchment-paper united. The compound fabric is calendered andpolished` in the ordinary way, and the collars are cut from it. Thesecollars may be threaded, enameled or unenameled linen or cotton,threaded or smooth; in any case they make the most perfect paper collarfor beauty and strength ever produced. The patch-buttonhole collar ismade by strengthening the button-hole by pasting a patch of theparchment paper referred to around the button-hole. This makes a greatimprovement upon cloth-patches, the buttonhole being nearly twice asstrong as when patched with cloth, as well as presenting a much betterappearance 5 at the same time it is not too rigid for practical use.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, the hereindescribed collar composed ofcollar-paper and parchment-paper, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day ot'January, A. D. 1873.

ORLANDO P. DORMAN.

Witnesses:

SIMON H. STERN, HENRY H. Boor.

